Dinosaur Odyssey

Author: Scott D. Sampson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520269896
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 360

Book Description
"The best general-audience dinosaur book since the Dinosaur Renaissance began in the 1970s."—Philip J. Currie, coeditor of Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, from the foreword “Dinosaur Odyssey is not only a personable and highly accessible tour of the up-to-date discoveries about the gigantic and famous. It also builds on dinosaur paleontology to far-ranging topics like extinction, climate change, and the possibility of life on Mars. The gift to the reader is both fascination and enlightenment.”—Michael Novacek, author of Terra and Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs "An odyssey indeed! One of the world's leading dinosaur paleontologists, Sampson draws on a wide variety of sciences, from astronomy and cosmology to microbiology and ecology, in order to portray dinosaurs as living animals. The reader is in for a treat and will emerge with fresh and valuable insights."—Peter Dodson, author of The Horned Dinosaurs

An Odyssey in Time

Author: Dale A. Russell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780802077189
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
Surveys the evolution of the dinosaur population in North America, from the beginning of the age of reptiles to the extinction of the dinosaurs about 65 million years ago

The Natural History Museum Book of Dinosaurs

Author: Tim Gardom
Publisher: Carlton Books
ISBN: 9781844421831
Category : Dinosaurs
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Unlike an encyclopedia, a data book or even a learned exposition, this book is designed to be read from start to finish as the developing story of a remarkable group of animals. It is an ideal introduction to dinosaurs for dinosaur fans and general readers alike.

Earth Odyssey

Author: Mark Hertsgaard
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN: 0767900596
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 385

Book Description
Based on his extensive investigation of the global environmental crisis, in which he explored five continents, "Earth Odyssey" recounts Hertsgaard's search for the answer to the essential question of our time: Is the future of the human species at risk?

Dinosaur Beach

Author: Keith Laumer
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1473215765
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
Appearing from the remote future, Nexx Central agent Ravel is emplaced in America, circa 1936. His mission: to undo successive tamperings of the time stream which threaten the survival of Mankind. He falls in love with a lovely, simple girl, Lisa, but in the midst of his happiness is called away to Dinosaur Beach. Dinosaur Beach is a Nexx Central station located millions of years in the past, in the Jurassic Age. But shortly after Ravel's arrival, the station is attacked and destroyed, and Ravel begins a terrifying odyssey through time. For the attackers were another time-tampering team from still a different future era. And Ravel himself is not only in growing danger but the human world as we know it...

Where's George's Dinosaur

Author: Peppa Pig
Publisher: Ladybird
ISBN: 9780241543542
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"George wants to play with Mr Dinosaur, but he's missing! Is Mr Dinosaur at the zoo, on the train or at the castle? Read the story and lift the flaps to find out!"--Back cover.

Odysseus Unbound

Author: Robert Bittlestone
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521853576
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 636

Book Description
Extraordinary story of the exciting discovery of the true location of Odysseus' homeland of Ithaca.

Dinosaur Dilemma

Author: Shayla Sandros
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
It's the greatest discovery in dinosaur-hunting history, and Mike gets all the credit! But some discoveries are more dangerous than others, and once again he and Josh are deep in trouble.This time it will take all their skill, all their wit, and three spectacular dune buggies to solve the puzzle of the dinosaurs. But they'll need each other, the wisdom of their parents, and their faith in God to survive what they find!

Jurassic West, Second Edition

Author: John Foster
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253051584
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 559

Book Description
The famous bone beds of the Morrison Formation, formed one hundred and fifty million years ago and running from Wyoming down through the red rock region of the American Southwest, have yielded one of the most complete pictures of any ancient vertebrate ecosystem in the world. Jurassic West, Second Edition tells the story of the life of this ancient world as scientists have so far been able to reconstruct it. Aimed at the general reader, Jurassic West, Second Edition recounts the discovery of many important Late Jurassic dinosaurs such as Apatosaurus, Allosaurus, and Stegosaurus. But dinosaurs compose barely a third of the more than 90 types of vertebrates known from the formation, which include crocodiles and turtles, frogs and salamanders, dinosaurs and mammals, clams and snails, and ginkgoes, ferns, and conifers. Featuring nearly all new illustrations, the second edition of this classic work includes new taxa named since 2007, updates to the naming and classifications of some old taxa, and expanded sections on numerous aspects of Morrison Formation paleontology and geology.

Digging Dinosaurs

Author: Gorma Horner
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780060973148
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
How can one account for the thrill of finding a fossil? Partly it comes from the straight forward excitement of unearthing buried treasure; partly from the romance of realizing that the object in your hand was alive millions of years before mankind appeared on earth; and partly, from the exultant realization that, no matter how common the fossil you have found, you are the first human being to see that particular one.